Rumor: Tekken 6 to have exclusive DLC for PS3?

Word around the net is the PS3 is going to have exclusive DLC for the upcoming Namco Bandai game, Tekken 6. 360 currently has been making a big impact in multiplatform games by purchasing exclusive DLC rights for the Microsoft brand. Much love to there fan base...

[Simon_Brezhnev]

why the hell do ps3 need exclusive dlc u can fit it on blu-ray lmao

but on the real you know how Namco is send u a 54kb file to unlock shít thats already on the disc

[outlawlife]

thats what will happen, namco has been aping gamers for a while

a good example of that is ace combat

[Cwalat]

the least they can do.

[INehalemEXI]

they wanted what 5 bucks for yoda on PS3 and Vader on 360 right? That was ridiculous. Its like they are robbing people in broad daylight, I do however like the fact that PS3 will be getting some DLC sony always get robbed of DLC.

[Danja]

I would have preferred not having to wait almost a whole year longer to play the game all becuase they couldn't resist a freakin M$ cheque...

I really dont care for DLC in fighting games..either so odds are I wont be buying....

[Pandemic]

This is most likely Microsoft's DLC, as they only pay for DLC and not First Party Exclusives.....

[ThanatosDMC]

Dont tell me "extra characters" that should have been in the game on release or costumes or something. They could all be fitted in the bluray. This will be lame!!!

[Venomish]

it is namco right... hmmm new characters for $5 each?
they did that in Soul Calibur IV and they could do it in Tekken as well

[uie4rhig]

if namco does that, it will probs be very easy for people to unlock it before the dlc has been released.. pretty much the same way as what happened to CoD4 mods on the PS3

[HighDefinition]

Exclusive DLC is stupid on any system. I hope this trend stops.

[Blaze929]

it was already rumored to be doing this like months ago. God i hate hiphopgamershow; people need to add that to their blocked websites list.

Anyway its no secret they'll pull a Soul Calibur 4 with exclusive dlc for each platform then end up having it be like 500KB dlc for stuff already on the disc.

"Tekken 6 developer Namco is “considering” platform-specific characters for its next beat-em-up instalment, similar to the Star Wars setup used by Soul Calibur IV, the developer has told CVG.

Speaking in an interview in London, game director Katsuhiro Harada said that although development focus is yet to shift from the Arcade version, Namco is already pondering downloadable content for consoles.

“We’re still working on the Arcade version, so there are no concrete plans [for the console versions] at the moment,” Harada said.

When quizzed on the chances of exclusive PS3 and Xbox 360 characters, the Tekken man said it could be quite difficult.

“Of course we would like to have something - as far as downloadable content goes - specific to platform. However on the other hand it is quite difficult to get Microsoft and Sony to sign off on having differences between the platforms,” he said.

“It is something we’re considering, but it is pretty difficult.”

Tekken 6 has just been dated for Autumn 2009. "

[Skynetone]

can keep there dlc

[Megaton]

Scamco will never get a dime from me for any DLC. They've been the absolute worst, even lower than EA. Scamco blocks things on the disc until you pay extra for it.

[WhoaMan]

I doubt it will be PS3 exclusive.
With the strategy Microsoft is using, they'll probably pay a few mils to secure this as their own.

[sinny]

NAMCO + DLC = No Thanks

[Venomish]

exactly, they are scam
1.99 for clothes you can unloack by playing the game
1.99 for only two pieces of clothe
4.99 for a character

[Bnet343]

Hell yeah man, I don't even like playing SCIV anymore.

[ShinFuYux]

From the bitter fact that he's only getting such "rumors" out of his arse. He really needs to know how write better. Isn't there like some "editorial rule" that one must know how to write around a 7th grade level, so people can understand him or her?

This guy writes somewhere in-between the 2nd or 3rd grade level.

I'm just sayin'~

Either way; he states that the "rumored" downloadable content is, could be, new characters, new moves and items. First of all, the arcade usually gets the updates. Namco loves their arcades more than their console counter-part. If anything, namco would release new costumes, background music and winning/loosing poses(animation). But that's doubtful.

[hydro-lx]

alright, tell me what part of the article you didn't understand? the way i see it.. students under 7th grade, i.e. you, don't understand this!

[ShinFuYux]

Wait, where did I say I didn't understand him?

I am only giving some constructive criticism in that he needs to be more professional with his writing.

[Philip J Fry]

"Much love to there fan base. Games like GTA 4, Fallout 3 are great examples of this, making there games the better purchase over PS3;"

The previous statement was taken directly from the article. In both instances the word "there" was spelled incorrectly, it should be spelled "their". You see, the word "there" names a place or location, and "their" shows ownership. Like this, "Much love to their fan base. Games like GTA 4, Fallout 3 are great examples of this, making their games the better purchase over PS3."

Hope this was helpful!!!

[hydro-lx]

in what context? as in, where was he unprofessional? and you mean me, i wrote it...

@fry
yes helpful, i corrected the mistakes, but this is no reason for shinfu to bash on me... for a little mistake... one super little mistake barely noticeable, and yet, there's these people, just lurking in the net to find a reason to hate someone!

@ unicorn, consistent mistakes i agree with you, but it was two, not even three... and I'm just starting with the whole journalism thing... i haven't been to school since i graduated since i enrolled to the marines (12 weeks training)... so yes my writing skills have loosened up, not my fault... no need to point out a grammar misuse, I've seen much much worse in more popular sites.

[Unicron]

A typo and misuse of a word consistently are two different things. They aren't "little issues" really if we are expected to take all these constant blogs seriously, and in the same vein as "professional journalism." Basic grammar, spelling, and sentence structure is important and the basics of good journalism. Consistent errors don't exactly imbue the reader with a sense of "truth" if you follow me.

No, you shouldn't be insulted for it, but at the same time, credibility and availability of sources are certainly called into question, ESPECIALLY on a blog site.

[ShinFuYux]

Don't abbreviate things, proofread what you wrote, and at least give us a source to this "word on the net".

That's all.

Rumors are usually started from a source, meaning, an interview with namco hinting there would be exclusive-downloadable content, or sony mentioning something in their blogs or official magazines. There's a million ways that a comment could hint something which can be interpreted into a rumor until official confirmation. For example, IGN did an interview with the prince of persia game director and he hinted that Altair is swimming in the next game. That time, he hinted as a sequel to the assassin's creed series, so that was a rumor until that rumor became official confirmation of assassin's creed 2.

[pixelsword]

That's what you wrote, ShinFuYux; given the fact that no one said anything about not understanding him before your quote, that would conclude that either you're confused on which article you're writing on, or it's you yourself that's not understanding what you're reading.

That's one.

(Don't abbreviate things, proofread what you wrote, and at least give us a source to this "word on the net")

-Abbreviations are in a lot of stories; ones including stocks, using a multitude of sources (etc.), and contractions; so that point is moot.

-Proofreading is also a moot point, as HHG didn't say anything incorrect on a base level, while on some technical he may have some infractions, but if you yourself can't list them, then why are you complaining about it?

-Giving sources... the weakest of your arguments. HHG stated this as a rumor, not a fact; which sites do all of the time and get caught most of the time: like posting price drops although Sony themselves stated that there will be no price drop, or Kotaku correcting themselves every other day when they aren't stealing articles outright, or GameTrailers faking footage on several occasions.

This coming off of your title "At least,,,,,,". What a world. :/

[Panthers]

Who cares.

Exclusive DLC is the biggest gimmick of this gen.

Well, after the Wii.

[Unicron]

Gimmick? Maybe.

Insult to fans? Without a doubt.

[jkhan]

Frankly speaking I am against the exclusive DLC crap. Its like telling one of the console owner you got shafted. Exclusive games I understand are necessary but exclusive DLC? Plus 90% of the DLCs are not even worth the price.

[Unicron]

Agreed 100%. Exclusive games and exclusive DLC are two entirely different things. Games make you choose a system. DLC just pisses on the fans.

[Hiruma Youchi]

Tekken 6 to have DLC? if its true So be It! Maybe for Once the sony Fanboys wont be complaining about the Xbox360 always having DLC.

[hazardman]

It's only right that the game gets exclusive content on the PS3..the franchise has always been PS exclusive...

[odisho68]

...street fighter 4 is coming out soon anyways so i'd rather purchase the best street fighter ever than a namco game

btw the guy above me has a point

[Simon_Brezhnev]

yep all i need is street fighter 4

[KKanjiAnkh]

Good to see fighting how games are finally making a comeback, the industry needs them severely, if I have to sit through another LAME, @ss game year i'm gonna crack, whether multipat or not. For those of you who haven't experienced fighters, take some lumps, your missing out.

DLC is belongs on the Corny Collins Show , at least when it's to fighting games. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[Dannagar]

Hiphopgamer... Yeah right! There's no credibility there. He just makes
crap up.

[hydro-lx]

yeah... ermm, this is a rumor, said it in the title and in the section of the post... i mean, god... i hate to be rude, but god damn, you must be so freaken stupid.

[pixelsword]

Because I'd like a list, thank you; if you can't, then you're the one making stuff up.

[Dannagar]

Rumors... Their his own made up rumors and he starts them with no basis. There's not a sign site reporting his rumors because they're obviously made up. You know a tree by it's fruit. All you need to do is look at his history. It's loaded with ridiculous accusations that never come to pass.

You can look at Namco's current behavior and figure out their next moves. Each system will get their own exclusive character as they have done in the past. At some point in time, each system will get the others exclusive content as a download.

@hydro-lx
I'll see you later this evening. I'll be taking advantage of your moms services tonight.

[cryymoar]

i will get disagrees for this but:

f*** you Namco Bandai.
your true colors $how. I thought the japanese were all about honor and loyalty. Guess it's easy when you get a few million waving in your face.

I would have rather had a 20GB+ tekken game instead of 8, guess me and 21 million other PS3 owners will have to settle for that too (those who plan to buy tekken 6 anyway).

[San Frandisco]

they need to add some flare or change it up for once man..

fighting games have all ben the same lame @ss 2d/3d style of fighting,just with improved visuals,more moves,different or more characters ect ect...
but the damn STYLE never changes.. thats why i love naruto ultimate ninja storm's style of fighting combat.. its AMAZING in pretty much every way- (the style).

im not trying to putt down fighters cuz for cryin out loud we all need them in this gen especially-
but my point is to bring something new to the table or something innovative that hasnt ben explored on a fighting game before ya know.

other then that: this exclusive DLC i can really care to less about since i never thought of DLC for fighting games benifiting me in any way.
if its free then of course but depending on the price i most likely wont even bother,if at all.
PLUS,by then their will be DLC for other games like Killzone 2,resistance 2 motorstorm PR and other ps3 exclusives (i only have a ps3) that i will be gladly putting my money/s worth.

[stealthy-guy]

screw DLC! give a full game don't make us pay later for content that should have been their in the start.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

I'm a huge Tekken fan...but I'll get Street Fighter IV and probably won't even consider Tekken 6.

[Sayai jin]

I thought exclusive DLC did not matter. LOL

[EverydayGuy]

That DLC better be free or else this is going to be the last tekken i'am going to buy. Hopefully the DLC is not full of customization crap. What kind of content that need to be download via the internet, that can't be fit on the blu-ray?

[hydro-lx]

i will say this, i buy every bit of DLC for any game i got, even if i don't like the game that much, like i've said before, its in my nature. but i do get annoyed by it, like SC4: the stupid clothing you bought, a pumpkin and a cape for $1.99, i bought the christmas one too, but i stopped playing it before i could see what the content was... and Dead Space? that was horrible, i 100% the game and i still bought everything for it, even though it was a waist, upgrade to weapons, weapon skins (should have been a given), and new weapons? horrible, why not an expansion? the game wasn't hard, i beat it on impossible 3 times all under 8 hours... so why a weapon upgrade? give me something useful here...

[outlawlife]

DLC has been weak as of late, the content coming out for games that is like 10 dollars or so but can be completed in in 45 minutes is kind of weak

i'd much prefer ti if companies took time to create proper expansions like the GTA4 bit

i'm growing tired of the micro transactions for a new outfit or a cheat to up you a level or 5

i point my angry finger at EA and Namco they are really the worst for DLC

[sniper4534]

HHG again lol does he have anything else to do besides putting crap in here, i mean why in the world would tekken 6 needs DLC, if they have lots of space in the blue ray disc, DANM a least he didn't say Sony was going to show tekken 6 trailer on the Superbowl lmao hahahaha

[hydro-lx]

Mr. Bubbles, no one likes you...

[KKanjiAnkh]

I feel you on the Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm theory, it's just, look at the Manga, or Anime look at how beautiful the animation gets, compared to all the SF movies. Did you like Bleach Shattered Blade on the Wii, assuming you played if, not cool. Hell, Naruto has a tight @$$ story for those who wanna know, all I needed was On-Line, & more characters. When talking about SF, & KOF, Third Strike had the best innovation when came to that, 2 1/2 X'x more the animation than before, great freakn music. That crappy HD Remix should of been a Third Strike RMX, in HD just like SF4, no offense to UDON, but damn 12 years, 12 years, no wonder I LUV SNK Playmore so much.

Big ups to all Fighters

[buy a ps3]

really i could care less about DLCs and would much rather gaming companies start worrying about new games.

[Why dis]

It wouldn't be right if the PS3 did not.

[hydro-lx]

DLC is the legal way to steal money!

[mt]

i don't need dlc i need the game

[kiikoooo]

i think they have the right to get this game out on the 360 as it makes sense BUT if they delayed the ps3 version so that they could get the out at the same time now thats lame..

[jay2]

Change that to confirmed 360 to get DLC.

[Dannagar]

Here's my own rumor. Xbox 360 and PS3 will both have exclusive characters.

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

...Can't be @SSED giving them more money for a game i spent a lot on anyway :-/
LBP DLC is cool;) +A few other games(BurnOut,WarHawk) But i'm going to try and not buy much.
I want FULL GAMES with everything in!!!;)

[heyheyhey]

well if it isn't as extortionately priced as the SC4 DLC and doesn't come out day 1 release... i'm on board

[inFAMOUS_KRATOS]

microsoft made all this companies do stupid dlc man!! you can fit whatever you one on the game!!! who cares!! come on we don;t dlc we need more exclusives games !!

[Kratos19]

Sony should have bought T6 as an exclusive instead. Or at least timed. That way the Tekken fanbase wouldn't have to wait an extra year to play the game just because of Microsoft.

[inFAMOUS_KRATOS]

so why df they doing this is just fighting game not like is open world game!! get really boring after a bit~~ not on my buy list anyways!! peace

[ultimolu]

I'm not paying for DLC. I just want the game. Stupid ass Namco.

[Stryfeno2]

Why is Namco stupid? Because a popular PS franchise finally coming to another console...I would not call that stupid plus I do not care about the DLC and it wont force me to buy the PS3 version.

[demolitionX]

U patchy! now DLCs are not a factor for buying ps3 or 360?!!! u hypocrite!

[Stryfeno2]

I'm not a Tekken fan so It wont matter, but put Exclusive DLC for SF4 on PS3 then you have a deal.

[Cajun Chicken]

Put it on the freaking Blu-Ray if there is, and there should be substantial content for waiting so long for release since the 360 version was announced.No DLC please, just a 'definative edition'.

[inFAMOUS_KRATOS]

get a life!!! your an idoit!! enjoy the game not th3

[SupaPlaya]

that we will not tolerate these outrageous DLC business practice. It's like you pay $60 for just for a portion of the game. That and holding off a game for so long due to another version. I don't see games like BioShock or being delayed due to a future PS3 version. Where is Ace Combat on the PS3?

[Bluejet]

Exclusive dlc is a slap in the face to all who paid $60 for a developers game. This has been one of the biggest blunders this gen of gaming has seen.

Ps3 gamers should have gotten the dlc for fallout and xbox gamers should have had the mirrors edge dlc. We all paid good money for those games and when developers take bribe money from Microsoft or sony for dlc it's like there saying thanks but no thanks to the rest of us.

It's something that needs to be addressed severely even when it's dlc for both platforms there still abusing it in a lot of ways. Skate 2 dlc the same day it comes out? Give me a break...talk about adding a little cherry on top after there initial $6o price tag. It's amazing that no one is crying foul on this issue.

[Rhezin]

what would force you to buy anything playstation. We already know what you're going to say, how bout you just don't say it and save your bubbles.

[jack who]

sonyfan still mad they lost the game as an exclusive

[jBat17]

but i'll pass on this one..

this should have been released last year if it weren't for the crapbox version.

the arcade version is virtually running on a ps3 to begin with. how hard was it to port it to the ps3? i hate it when the ps3 has to suffer because the lousy crapbox version needs to be released at the same time. either M$ paid them a lot of dough or namco is just a M$ fanboy. look at TOV.. geeesh

[jhani]

I will pass on tekken 6. I mean the graphics are so poor if u take the fact under consideration it will be coming to ps3 in its third year the console has been in the market. I will pass on this and instead purchase street fighter 4. This game could have been a psn download title. Really sad to u namco mass up such a franchise. Tekken should deserve a good farewell:(

[hydro-lx]

who reported this for fake? its a rumor, so obviously its possible its not true... but it could be... god talk about haters....

[SixAmpFuze]

dlc on a fighter? ewwy